Chapter Fourteen: The Restaurant Teaches People

  In the afternoon, around three o'clock, Su Qing and her brother arrived at Suzhou Airport. Li Ming drove an Audi to pick up the two siblings. As soon as he met his good friend Su Chen, they gave each other a hearty hug, helped with their luggage, and sent them to the hotel. Su Qing was tired from her first plane ride, so she ate quickly and rested. The three agreed to meet again the next day for some sightseeing.

  The second day was fine and sunny, a good day for an outing.

  The Song people praised "above is heaven, below is Suzhou and Hangzhou", while Suzhou was "the most beautiful scenery in the southeast". During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it became one of the national economic and cultural centers known as "clothing the world". Cao Xueqin in "Dream of Red Mansions" praised Suzhou as "one of the richest and most luxurious places in the dusty world". People often say that Jiangnan gardens are the best in the world, and Suzhou gardens are the best in Jiangnan. Suzhou gardens are numerous and have absorbed the essence of Chinese private garden architecture, cleverly combining limited space into a variety of scenery, with a structure that wins with small and delicate features. Canglang Pavilion, Lion Grove Garden, Humble Administrator's Garden, and Lingering Garden respectively represent the artistic styles of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, collectively known as the "Four Great Gardens of Suzhou", which is an invaluable tourist destination. Su Qing and his party decided to visit the largest classical garden in Suzhou on the first day - Humble Administrator's Garden.

  The Humble Administrator's Garden covers an area of 78 mu, divided into eastern, central, western and residential areas. The residence is a typical Suzhou dwelling. Su Qing knew that the garden was extremely beautiful, but seeing it with her own eyes still made her sigh in admiration at the wisdom of the ancients.

  The layout of the Humble Administrator's Garden is natural and dense, with water as its main feature. The garden has a vast surface area, with a simple and elegant landscape that is both serene and natural. It centers around a pool, with buildings such as pavilions and corridors built around it, connected by windows and corridors. The rocks, ancient trees, bamboo, flowers and other plants in the garden form a peaceful and secluded picture.

  Su Qing felt that the Humble Administrator's Garden was a place where the scenery of poetry and painting, as well as the natural environment, were recreated within the garden, giving it a rich poetic and picturesque atmosphere. The vast pool of water had an air of leisure, distance, elegance, and tranquility, with winding shores and endless flowing water that meandered and twisted, hiding and revealing its depths, inviting people to explore; through the flat bridges and small paths that served as its network, the long corridors filled the empty spaces, and the islands, mountains, and rocks reflected on either side, giving the garden's buildings a divine charm. Compared to the courtyards of the north, one was like a small jade house, while the other was like a grand mansion, each with its own unique charm. Su Qing took many photos in the garden as mementos.

  At noon, the three of them went to De Yue Lou in Taijian Alley, a Suzhou food street recommended by Li Ming. The three of them ordered many famous Suzhou signature dishes. There were squirrel mandarin fish, clear broth fish fins, watermelon chicken, mother oil whole chicken, Taihu celery soup, emerald shrimp fight, lotus flower collection stew, and of course the representative dish cherry meat. The store staff was very happy to see that the three of them had ordered so many dishes, and even the speed of serving the dishes was very fast. These dishes were finely crafted, carefully cooked; the flavors were fresh and beautiful, emphasizing the original flavor; the style of the dishes was elegant and beautiful, with uniform quality. Su Qing and the others ate happily. Su Qing heard that there was a snack street nearby, so she happily bought many Suzhou snacks, such as honey sauce tofu dry, Cai Zhi Zhai sugar fruit, rose melon seeds, shrimp sauce oil, date paste sesame cake, lard rice cake, etc.

  The three of them were all a bit tired, so they each went back to rest and agreed to continue their stroll tomorrow.

  Su Qing and another person were having dinner in the hotel restaurant that evening. Just as they were about to get up and leave, an unpleasant thing happened.

  Two young men who were drunk walked to the table, staring at Su Qing with a lewd expression. Su Chen's face immediately turned gloomy.

  "This little girl is quite good-looking, let's go have some fun with brother today." As he spoke, the young man standing in front reached out his hand towards Su Qing's face, with a cheerful expression.

  Su Qing dodged to the side, lowered her head and took a sip of tea, ignoring him. All she said was: "This restaurant isn't clean, I see two flies."

  "You dare to scold us, you're quite bold." The young man saw Su Qing dodge him and was already unhappy. Hearing her scolding him made him even angrier.

  "I just said there were flies, and you're admitting that you are the flies by saying so." Su Qing said with an innocent expression, causing many customers in the restaurant to laugh.

  "You're a shameless bitch, you don't know how to show respect. Li Shao looked down on you and gave you face, but you still don't know what's good for you." The young man standing behind him, now the laughing stock, stepped forward and cursed at Su Qing, pointing at her nose.

  Su Chen heard someone say that about his sister and couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and slapped the man in the face, as a result, the man fell to the ground directly.

  That Li Shaojian's companion was beaten and his face turned red with anger. "You little brat, how dare you hit my man? Do you know who I am?"

  Before he could finish speaking, Su Chen kicked him to the ground with one foot. "Bully my sister? You're blind in both eyes, even if you were the king of heaven it wouldn't be okay." Su Chen didn't even glance at the two people groaning on the ground, and sat back down to continue drinking tea.

  Su Qing saw a waiter rush out of the restaurant, presumably to inform the hotel's master. Su Qing didn't leave either, but instead wanted to see how the hotel would handle this matter.

  Everyone in the restaurant saw them fighting and were waiting to see the excitement. There were also people who knew the two young men discussing it.

  "That person is Liu Kai, his father is the director of the Public Security Bureau. He has always been arrogant and domineering, now that he's been beaten, he definitely won't let it go easily."

  "That Liu Kai is very obedient to Li Shao, and his background shouldn't be simple either."

  "These two people are unreasonable, and this brother and sister are unlucky."

  Su Qing's hearing was good, and she heard the discussions of the crowd. She wondered if she and her father, the director of the Public Security Bureau, were incompatible with each other's fate, just like that Wang Xiaojie in Beijing who also didn't get along with her. Today, she wanted to see how they would deal with her.

  The hotel manager arrived soon, and upon seeing Su Qing and the other person dressed normally, he immediately gave them a label of ordinary people. He hastily ordered someone to help the two young masters get up and sit in chairs, while still mocking Su Chen and his sister for not knowing what's good for them. Turning around, he pointed at Su Qing and her brother, scolding "You two actually caused trouble in the restaurant and even fought, now you still don't know how to repent..."

  Su Qing learned from the discussions of the people in the restaurant that this man was the hotel's deputy general manager. A Haba dog also dared to train herself. Su Qing stood up, pulled the deputy general manager's arm with one hand, and kicked him under the chin with a turn.

  In an instant, everyone had not reacted yet, the deputy general with a dislocated jaw and one arm was already on the ground hugging one arm in agony.

  Liu Kai saw that Su Qing didn't take them seriously, and he actually hit someone again. He took out his phone to call for backup. After the call, he had a smug expression on his face and walked back in front of Su Qing's siblings. "You'd better apologize now, this little girl will keep us company, and we'll let you off easy. Otherwise, you can expect to go to jail." Liu Kai said with a big laugh, looking at Su Qing with a lecherous gaze.

  Su Qing's mouth corners slightly curved upwards, Su Qing smiled. Liu Kai was even more delighted, as if he saw Su Qing in his own arms. Su Chen saw it but knew someone was going to be in big trouble, and sat there motionless, watching how Su Qing would deal with this unlucky guy Liu Kai.

  Su Qing's hand somehow had a acupuncture needle, Su Qing got up and lightly poked Liu Kai's body with the needle. Su Qing kicked him in the stomach, and Liu Kai flew onto the dinner table. The table shattered into powder, and Liu Kai fell to the ground. Now he felt pain all over his body, but didn't know that Su Qing's needles would make his body periodically ache, and render him impotent like a eunuch. Su Qing was certain that the hospital equipment wouldn't be able to detect anything, she just wanted to see how Liu Kai would behave in the future after this.

  As Liu Kai landed, a pair of police officers entered the restaurant.

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